Speaker Commends British Authorities for Disrupting Aircraft Terror Bomb Plot

Date: Aug. 10, 2006
Location: Washington, DC


Speaker Commends British Authorities for Disrupting Aircraft Terror Bomb Plot

U.S. Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) today commended British authorities for disrupting a major terrorist plot to detonate bombs smuggled onto multiple aircraft with flight plans from Britain to the United States.

"The British authorities deserve much praise for disrupting this major terrorist plot that would have caused massive loss of life and wreaked significant havoc on innocent civilians.

"The disruption of this terror scheme follows a number of great successes that America and its allies have had against those looking to do us harm. Today's victory serves as a vivid and shocking reminder that we must always be vigilant in fighting the Global War on Terror. Freedom is never free, and we must never be complacent in defending it."

http://speaker.house.gov/library/terrorism/060810AircraftPlot.shtml

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